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The Legal Relevance of Gender

Some Aspects of Sex-Based Discrimination

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. The Historical Background

    • O. F. Robinson
    Pages 40-60
  3. Property and Succession Rights

    • W. M. Gordon
    Pages 61-79
  4. Employment and Gender

    • Noreen Burrows
    Pages 102-118
  5. Nationality and Immigration

    • Tom Mullen
    Pages 146-169
  6. Female Offenders

    • Chris Docherty
    Pages 170-194
  7. Female Victims in the Criminal Law

    • Sheila A. M. McLean
    Pages 195-215
  8. Discrimination Against Males in the USA

    • Patricia Lucie
    Pages 216-243
  9. Affirmative Action

    • Tom Mullen
    Pages 244-266
  10. The International Approach to Discrimination

    • Noreen Burrows, Esin Örücü
    Pages 267-275
  11. Back Matter

    Pages 276-287

About this book

A discussion of the nature of a discrimination directed both against women as individuals and as members of a group, examining the relevance of criteria which are used to justify such discrimination.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK

    Sheila McLean

  • Department of European Law, University of Glasgow, UK

    Noreen Burrows

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